Wedding vase

Date created
1965
Culture/People
Hopi-Tewa
Artist/Maker
Helen Naha (Feather Woman/Featherwoman), Hopi-Tewa, 1922-1993
Previous owner
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source
Museum of Northern Arizona Museum Shop
Collection History
Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Museum of Northern Arizona Museum Shop (Flagstaff, Arizona) in 1965; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place
First Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA (inferred)
See related items
Hopi-Tewa
Containers and Vessels
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
26/1065
Barcode
261065.000
Object Type
Containers and Vessels
Object Name
Wedding vase
Media/Materials
Pottery, clay slip
Techniques
Modeled, slipped, burnished, coiled/hand built
Dimensions
28.3 x 18.1 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6ec6a8ccc-f1e3-40aa-bd6a-8fd390cdd458
Record ID
NMAI_277160